People who are hurting, who are suffering, who are struggling to make their way in life, who are challenged by loss or grief, may quite understandably face what is sometimes called a crisis of confidence. The doubts can loom large. What's the purpose in life? Why go on? Why keep trying? Where is God? Can God—can anything—really make a difference?
Christian Science has helped many to answer their doubts, to find purpose in life, to find God, and to find healing. The message of the Bible offers the assurance that we can learn to pray with meaning and with effect. Communion with God can be lifted above a faltering, halfhearted plea attempting to gain divine favor or special intervention. We can learn to pray with confidence—confidence in God's power and presence.
This is not a prayer of egotism, or pride, or personal superiority, nor is it self-confident human opinion about what God should do. Rather it is a humble realization that God is indeed All and everything to us. It is a steadfast, quiet trust that God's love has an answer to human need and that His will for us can be known and followed. The Old Testament promises, "In quietness and in confidence shall be your strength."Isa. 30:15.
